Foolish vs Clownishly - What's the difference?
foolish | clownishly |
Lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.
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*:As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish , but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.
Resembling or characteristic of a fool.
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*(Aeschylus)
*:It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish .
In a clownish, undignified, or foolish manner; absurdly, ridiculously.
* 1916 , James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man ,
As an adjective foolish
is lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.As an adverb clownishly is
in a clownish, undignified, or foolish manner; absurdly, ridiculously.foolish
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Adjective
(en-adj)Synonyms
* absurd * idiotic * ridiculous * silly * unwiseAntonyms
* wiseDerived terms
* foolishnessclownishly
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Adverb
(en adverb)- The swift December dusk had come tumbling clownishly after its dull day